WASHINGTON, D.C., December 28, 2000: A leading US think tank has urged the incoming Bush administration to forge a special relationship with India and develop a foreign policy toward New Delhi independent of a "South Asia" policy that lumps India with all other nations in the sub-continent. The Rand Corporation, the Pentagon's think tank, has called on the Bush team to urge Pakistan to show restraint on Kashmir and partner the international community in its fight against terrorism.

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